Question

The nutritional chart on the side of a box of a cereal states that are 84 calories in a 3/4 cup serving. how many calories are in 5 cups of the cereal?

Answer 1

Step 1

Given:

`84\text{ calories are in }(3)/(4)cup\text{ servings}`

Required: To find how many calories are in 5 cups of cereal.

Step 2

Find how many calories are in 1 cup of cereal

`\begin{gathered} (84)/(x)=((3)/(4))/(1) \\ 84=(3x)/(4) \\ 84*4=3x \\ \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} 336=3x \\ (3x)/(3)=(336)/(3) \\ x=112\text{ calories per cup of cereal} \end{gathered}`

Step 3

Find how many calories are in 5 cups of cereal.

`\begin{gathered} =5*112 \\ =\text{ 560 calories} \end{gathered}`

Answer = 560 calories